Gabriel Gonzaga meets Shawn Jordan at UFC 166 in Houston

The UFC’s October return to Houston is shaping up to be a Texas-sized affair with the addition of a third heavyweight bout to the lineup.

Former title challenger Gabriel Gonzaga (15-7 MMA, 10-6 UFC) will meet Shawn Jordan (15-4 MMA, 3-1 UFC) when the promotion saddles up for UFC 166, which takes place Oct. 19 at Toyota Center in Houston. UFC officials on Wednesday confirmed the bout, which was first reported by The Advocate.

UFC 166 has a main card that airs on pay-per-view following prelims on FOX Sports 1 and Facebook. In the main event, heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez defends his title against former champ Junior dos Santos in a trilogy rematch between the two. And in the co-main event, heavyweight Roy Nelson, who recently signed a new deal with the UFC, meets former Strikeforce heavyweight tournament winner Daniel Cormier.

Gonzaga is coming off a 17-second knockout of Dave Herman earlier this month at UFC 162 in Las Vegas. That got him back in the win column following a knockout loss to Travis Browne in April that snapped a three-fight skid. Gonzaga, who once fought Randy Couture for the UFC’s heavyweight title, was cut in 2010 after back-to-back losses to dos Santos and Brendan Schaub, but after one win outside the promotion earned his way back in and responded with back-to-back submission wins before the loss to Browne.

Jordan also is coming off a fight in which he made quick work of an opponent. At UFC 161 in June, he stopped friend Pat Barry just 59 seconds into the first round and picked up “Knockout of the Night” honors because of it. That gave him two straight wins after beating Mike Russow in January. The former Strikeforce and Bellator fighter now is 3-1 in the octagon.

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